What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer position at LDJ Manufacturing, INC?
Job Description :
LDJ Manufacturing is home to the Thunder Creek Equipment brand of premium diesel fuel and service trailers and trucks. We are an industry leader known for our uncompromising quality and reliability. LDJ is an employee-owned company, with strong Midwest roots and values, and a passion to develop, manufacture, and market innovative solutions that provide value to our customers in the agriculture, construction, fuel distribution, transportation, and commercial industries.
Reporting to the Product Engineering Manager, the Design Engineer invents, designs, tests, documents, and prepares new designs for implementation using CAD tools. In addition to designing mechanical systems, this position will also work with basic electrical systems (including wiring harnesses) and hydraulic systems. This role also provides design support for the manufacturing and service team as required.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities :
- Exhibit LDJ’s core values and culture in all aspects of the job.
- Utilize SolidWorks CAD to design and detail parts, weldments, and assemblies for products while considering product performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and safety.
- Develop and maintain bill of materials (BOM).
- Analyze design and production issues by using root cause analysis to provide solutions.
- Support technicians and production personnel in the building and testing of prototypes.
- Ensure documentation of test results and analysis of testing.
- Design basic electrical systems for trailers and vehicles, including wiring harnesses.
- Design basic hydraulic power system used for pumping fuel and other fluids.
- Investigate opportunities on current designs to improve performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness and implement design changes as required using the ECO process and other best practices.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
Education and Experience :
Physical Requirements :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. Air travel for this job is of four to eight hours. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds without restrictions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
